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Table 4 Odds ratio for advanced prostate cancer diagnosis, calculated according to delay from baseline venipuncture to diagnosis. Odds ratios are for each 1 ng/ml increase in PSA.

From: Prostate-specific antigen at or before age 50 as a predictor of advanced prostate cancer diagnosed up to 25 years later: A case-control study

Delay to diagnosis

Cases

Odds ratio

95% CI

p-value

≤15 years

59

4.30

2.40, 7.72

<0.0005

16–19 years

63

3.05

1.85, 5.04

<0.0005

≥20 years

39

11.0

3.09, 38.9

<0.0005

All

161

4.29

2.98, 6.18

<0.0005